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Population, long-run history by country

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Iceland	United States	Burkina Faso	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	277	279,040	11,075	387
Dec 31, 2000	281	282,162	11,405	390
Dec 31, 2001	285	284,969	11,828	393
Dec 31, 2002	288	287,625	12,380	396
Dec 31, 2003	289	290,108	12,829	398
Dec 31, 2004	293	292,805	13,178	401
Dec 31, 2005	296	295,517	13,540	404
Dec 31, 2006	304	298,380	13,917	405
Dec 31, 2007	311	301,231	14,309	406
Dec 31, 2008	319	304,094	14,722	409
Dec 31, 2009	319	306,772	15,152	412
Dec 31, 2010	318	309,327	15,600	414
Dec 31, 2011	319	311,583	16,064	416
Dec 31, 2012	321	313,878	16,563	420
Dec 31, 2013	324	316,060	17,072	426
Dec 31, 2014	327	318,386	17,575	435
Dec 31, 2015	331	320,739	18,094	445
Dec 31, 2016	335	323,072	18,621	455
Dec 31, 2017	343	325,122	19,157	468
Dec 31, 2018	353	326,838	19,698	485
Dec 31, 2019	361	328,330	20,242	504
Dec 31, 2020	366	331,512	20,788	516
Dec 31, 2021	372	332,032	21,336	518
Dec 31, 2022	380	333,288	21,889	530

Source: Bolt, J. and van Zanden, J.L. (2024), Maddison style estimates of the evolution of the world economy: A new 2023 update, Journal of Economic Surveys, 1-41, DOI 10.1111/joes.12618. Licensed under CC BY 4.0. The original sources are listed on each page.

All data sources

Original sources of these estimates

GDP pc: 2008 - 2022: Total Economy Database the Conference Board for all countries included in TED. Otherwise UN national accounts statistics

Iceland

1870-1945: Jonsson, G. (1998). The gross domestic product of Iceland, 1870-1945. Nordiska Historiska Nasjonalregnkaper, Artikkelsamling from Workshop IV, Solstrand 13-15 NOvember 1998.

United States

1650 - 1790: McCusker, John J., ‘Colonial Statistics’, Historical Statistics of the United States: Earliest Time to the Present, in S. B. Carter, S. S. Gartner, M. R. Haineset al. New York, Cambridge University Press. V-671.
1790 - 1870: Sutch, R. (2006). National Income and Product. Historical Statistics of the United States: Earliest Time to the Present, in S. B. Carter, S. S. Gartner, M. R. Haineset al. New York, Cambridge University Press III-23-25.
1800-1830: Prados de la Escosura, L. (2009). “Lost Decades? Economic Performance in Post-Independence Latin America,” Journal of Latin America Studies 41: 279–307. (updated data)
1820-1950: GDP movement from Maddison (1995a), amended for 1820–70 to include income of the indigenous population (taken to be $400 per capita in 1820 and 1870).

No separate list is published for Burkina Faso, Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.